I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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A book is a storehouse carried in the pocket

A book is a storehouse carried in the pocket

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...